Chapter 174: Food that Bends Reality

"Oh my..."

"Shiro-san, this is..?"

Looking at the breakfast that they made on a pot, the two of them became dumbfounded. Nevertheless, Shiro analyzed the dish with his system. Albeit it is broken, some of its analysis are helpful, more so when it repaired itself more.

[???]

Details: A miraculous dish made by two talented people in this field. Due... no predecessors... special effect. The... contained in it will... extremely beneficial effect.

Effect: The consumer/s will experience a random miracle once.

"...Emiya-kun."

"Eh?" Shirou let out a confused voice.

"Let's work (cook) more in the future."

While Emiya is confounded, Shiro couldn't believe that a supposed simple breakfast became this... miraculous thing instead. For some unexplained reason, Shiro's <Perfected>-level cooking skills and Shirou's cooking skills created the breakfast that rewrites reality.

"Shiro?"

"Shirou?"

At this moment, two identical voices overlapped as they asked the people behind the aroma that they've smelled from the dojo. In a split second, they knew that it is something extraordinary.

"Ah? Ar-I mean... honey. Breakfast will be served soon." He said.

Resisting the urge to cuddle him, Caster replied, "Um. It's been too long since I tasted your cooking~!"

Meanwhile, Saber followed suit behind her and sat down in the table wordlessly. Though, her face twitched every now and then as a slight blush escaped from her control. Seeing someone call "her" honey feels complicated, to say the least.

What's more, their appearance is almost identical!

"Ah."

The Artorias stopped talking as they heard the twintailed female magus let out a confused tone. Her mouth is wide open while her brain tried to comprehend the sight in front of her. Alas, it didn't work...

"Tohsaka, you're awake."

"Emiya-kun? T-this... What's going on?!" She exclaimed in a high tone. "Why are there two Sabers here?!"

Hearing this, Shirou was about to explain things when Shiro spoke.

Stepping down from the floating metallic disk, he said, "It is what it is. You're not hallucinating, it's real. As to why it happened... Your ancestor's master can travel between parallel worlds, so why find it surprising that she can do so too?"

"You're... right."

Since Rin was caught off guard, her reasoning skills went on a vacation and only came back after she heard Shiro's words. Moreover, there are ancient records regarding Kaleidoscope, the Second True Magic. One of them stated second-handedly that its wielder, Zelretch, fought [The Moon] and defeated it.

There are also records about [Types] that are very secured in their household. Rin had read these and understood that they're beings beyond human comprehension. Without [True Magic] that holds limitless miracles, something unseen in the modern age, no one can fight against them.

Even then, Magicians can still die, a fact made evident when the wielder of Third True Magic "died". In turn, it left the spot for [Third True Magic] open. To be honest, Rin has some thoughts regarding that, but her main reason behind her participation in this war is to experience what her father had also experienced.

"Now... How about that scent just now? Why does it give off the same vibes as..." Her words are suddenly cut off when she saw Shirou serving the rice and the curry in a plate. "Ether..?!"

Snap-!

Shiro casted a single [Mental Placate] spell on Rin, afraid of her fainting out of the consecutive shocks in this day alone. With that, her mind cooled down all of a sudden, leaving her in a state of thoughtlessness.

'That's... mana. Rune magecraft? No...'

While in that state, a single line of thought appeared within her mind. It continued going further until she realized a terrifying conclusion regarding magecraft.

'The mana... no. [The World] can be manipulated in such way?'

After the thoughtlessness state of hers ceased, she felt that she can enter the state of self-hypnosis without the use of arias; therefore, it's a chantless magecraft in a sense.

Silently, she also sat in the table together with the other two. Once the two had done readying, they served the breakfast to the table. They also sat down before they simultaneously said:

""""Thanks for the meal."""""

The moment they took the first bite, time froze for each of them. They seemingly fell into an illusion whereas they saw varying situations. The flavors exploded in their taste buds, delivering so much information that their perception of time froze.

[...Miraculous effect takes place.]

[Soul Injuries are completely healed!]

[The system is more than 20% repaired. Its basic functions are unlocked once more!]

'What the...'

Looking at the prompts that appeared, Shiro felt surreal. From his memories, they made many arrangements, from the roles of each of his wife until the stored powers in his Soul Armament. Still, he hadn't expected that his current problem will be concluded by a single dish.

Meanwhile, the others also experienced a miracle once. While it isn't comparable to the miracles of the Holy Grail, it is enough to bring them massive improvements.

With his [Six Eyes], he saw the changes that took place. Shirou's magic circuits increased from 28 to 40, with their quality increasing to A-Rank at the very least. His mana in each of his circuits are incomparable to what he has before!

While it may be easy for Chat Group members to enhance their magic circuits, it's nigh impossible for the modern magi to do so!

Either, they transplant someone else's circuits, having a high chance of death, or have a magic crest.

"As expected of a protagonist." Shiro lowly mumbled as he saw through Shirou's changes... before feeding Castoria using a spoon.

"How is it?"

With shining eyes, she nodded as she replied, "Good!"

Gradually, the two formed a unique atmosphere between them. Saber, who snapped back and was about to ask for seconds, saw this and felt complex once more. In all her life as a King, she hadn't experienced romance fully.

Thus, she's feeling complex when the "her" in another world has such a soft expression when talking with her husband. To her, it is simply impossible to experience...

...or not.

"Ah?"

Suddenly, Shiro sensed the miracles within Rin take place. For something to take that long, it isn't a normal one.

"WHAT IS THIS?!" Rin yelled, surprising everyone else in the table.

After all, she started seeing identical visions all at once, with overlapping voices directed at her.

As for Shiro, he's quite surprised and said:

"Parallel worlds connection..?"

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A/N: Guess what Rin got? (It will be shown in the next chapter...)